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ResearchProposals_COMN2200_F22.pptx
Research Proposals
What is a research question?
The aims and objectives of your research
It does not have to be precise (though it can be)
You may begin with a rather broad research that is refined through your process of interview collection and data analysis
The research question is the big overarching question guiding your research
Objectives are bite sized chunks of the research questions your aims!
Examples of Research Questions
What does it mean to be non-binary in a binary world?
What does it mean to be a first-generation student at DU?
What does it mean to be a sibling to someone who identifies as LGBTQ+?
Examples of Research Questions
What does it mean to live with an invisible disability?
What does it mean to be polyamorous in a monogamous world?
What does it mean to be interracially adopted?
Examples of Research Questions
How does a diagnosis of X change one’s life at DU?
How does parental diagnosis of X change how one’s sees their mother/father?
How does divorce/remarriage/becoming a blended family change how you define family?
What does it mean to identify as a feminist/conservative/environmentalist at DU?
Examples continued statements of research questions
How does reuniting with one’s birth family change the definition of family?
What does family estrangement mean?
What is the experience of passing as White when biracial?
What are the effects of X? What are the tensions in x?
